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What size, spacing and baseline shift for tm and numerals in superscript?
Is there a set formula / ratio for creating a trademark symbol (TM) or adjusting numerals such as 2nd or 3rd to create the proper visual effect on the superscript? Currently I always just eyeball it ...
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How to make a line in illustrator with $ signs
The behavior I'm looking for is similar to how one can make a path line dashed. Except, instead of being dashes, I'd love to make it show $ signs. Thanks for your help!
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How can I move multiple objects towards a central point in Illustrator?
I want to move a set of objects towards a central point.
Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle.
I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the ...
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What are some obscure/rare/endangered/extinct typographic symbols?
Just discovered the "asterism" today:
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Super cool. I had never heard of it or seen it before. Wikipedia has more about it.
What other typographic symbols are out there that were never all that ...
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Unicode character that conveys 'synchronization'?
In current common usage, is there a Unicode character consisting of two arrows in a circle, or similar character that could convey 'synchronization'?
For instance something like:
I browsed the ...
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What is the name of this heart-like decorative symbol?
I occasionally come across a symbol that looks like this:
It looks to me like some sort of stylized heart, or maybe some kind of fruit on a branch. It is often used to separate blocks of text, for ...
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Retaining Slices Made Within a Symbol in Fireworks
I've been working with FW for a little while now, and I've come to using symbols for sections of a site in my designs. Mostly things like a header or a footer and the occasional sidebar.
These parts ...
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“A symbol definition cannot contain a linked image”
Trying to create a symbol in Illustrator CS6, a pop-up says A symbol definition cannot contain a linked image.
I have two questions:
Why? I mean, what's the motivation for not allowing this? (I'm a ...
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Flatten transparency of derivative colors
I'm creating an illustration in Ai CS3 heavily using symbols. I need to create derivative symbols, out of other symbols, with lighter colors. The transparency tool is for color seek, but as soon as I ...
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How can I make Symbols in Illustrator like I would in Flash?
I have a quite complex draw in Illustrator (let's say, lots of vectors and that), and I have to make a mosaic for printing a hole page of them.
It's complex enough to be memory-heavy, so when I try ...
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Symbol name becomes slice name in Illustrator - script or workflow for this?
Just wondering if there's a shortcut to giving slices the same name as the symbol they're generated from. If yes – great; if not – back to work...
Thank you!
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Illustrator: Change the colors of a symbol
Is it possible to change the colors of a symbol in a document without breaking the link with its original shape.
Eg.: I have a square a symbol. I have two I races of them in my document. I want on ...
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Protect text in symbols from overriding by graphic styles in illustrator cs5
Setting graphic styles for symbols affect all elements in that symbol, including text. I need it to stay as it is. Is there a way to protect some elements (text, in my case) from being altered by ...
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What symbol indicates a reference to another page?
Historically, or in current common usage, are there any typography symbols which have the meaning "see page" or "refer to page", which can be placed near the page number?
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Where to find a list of overlapping characters?
In the character map, after selecting some very large fonts, sometimes I find some characters which, if typed after another character, will appear above or below the first character.
What is the ...
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How to find existing names or associations a symbol has?
I saw a symbol like this, and didn't know what it was called or what existing associations it might have:
It seems like a pretty easy question to answer by looking in a symbol dictionary or an ...
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Fonts with ticks and crosses
Have you come across a font with good ticks and crosses?
The reason I ask is that I'm making a sprite for the uniform.js form plugin (http://uniformjs.com/) and they use Lucida Grande for their ...
